UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, was shot dead on Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan, according to multiple reports. The NYPD confirmed to The Independent that “a 50-year-old male” was fatally gunned down at that location, but that it was withholding an official announcement of the victim’s identity pending family notification.

Police sources believe the killing was a “targeted attack,” the New York Post reported. Thompson, who joined parent company UnitedHealth Group in 2004, and became CEO of UnitedHealthcare in 2021, was reportedly shot in the chest. He was rushed to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The shooting occurred at around 6:46 a.m.; the masked gunman was said to have fled eastbound on 6th Avenue. Thompson was scheduled to speak at an investor conference at the Hilton at 8 a.m.

Police sources said Thompson was not staying at the hotel, and that they have not yet determined a motive for the fatal attack.

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